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LSM-160

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 3 June 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 27 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-160, 16 August 1944, LTjg. Royal B. Embree, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-160 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 10 December 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold 12 August 1958, to Ship Supply Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y., converted to a barge, fate unknown
  • LSM-160 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t.(landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    Beam 34' 6"
    Draft light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft, fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft
    Speed 13.2 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)
    Complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted
    Armament one single bow mounted 40mm gun, four single 20mm gun mounts
    Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
    Troop Accommodations 2 officers, 46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Propulsion two General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws, Endurance, 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
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    LSM-160 87k LSM-160 crew photo. Probably the commissioning crew photo taken, circa August 1944 at Charleston, S.C. Note; Franklyn R. Tibbets is at far left, back row, with rifle slung over his shoulder. Rob Tibbetts for his father Franklyn R. Tibbetts USS LSM-160
    LSM-160 61k LSM-160, LSM-161 along with a number of unidentified LSMs beached on Luzon Island, P.I., date unknown. Al Noble to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-160 72k LSM-160 beached in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 15 January 1946. Photo by Leonor Art Studio, Philippines. Rob Tibbetts for his father Franklyn R. Tibbetts USS LSM-160
    LSM-160 80k LSM-160 beached in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 15 January 1946, crew photo. Back of the photo listing of crew members: Back row (L to R) Roberts, Noel D.; Smith, Roy M.; Davis, Joe; Davis, Jack; Oleson; Carlson; Judge, Bill; Pizza, Angelo; Oulbiber, "Buddie"; Carone, S. P.; Leonard, Dick; Potouk, "Doc" (passenger); Mathews, Fred; Jalith, Gierard; Campbell, W. D.; Fair, Bill; Yniquez, Dick; Logan, Harold. Front Row (L-R) Frances, Bob; Shirf; Henderson, Hank; Jacobsen, Orville, DeAndria; Conrad; Richardson; Breem, Ed; Wolfe; Dix; Herold, pitcher; Scozzafava, Frank; Wiseman, Carl; Joyce, Junior; Lee, Bill; Drake, Johnny; Tibbetts, Franklyn. Photo by Leonor Art Studio, Philippines. Rob Tibbetts for his father Franklyn R. Tibbetts USS LSM-160
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-160 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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